Ellen Ruppel Shell

Critically Acclaimed Journalist & Author of "The Job"

Lisa Brennan-Jobs

Author of "Small Fry"

Michiko Kakutani

Bestselling Author & Former Chief Book Critic at The New York Times

Michael Soussan

Screenwriter, Journalist

Cal Fussman

New York Times Bestselling Author, World-Renowned Interviewer, Podcast Host & Corporate Storytelling Consultant

Nadifa Mohamed

Award-Winning Novelist; Known for "Black Mamba Boy"

Dean King

Award-Winning Best-Selling Author; Motivational & Inspirational Speaker; Cancer Survivor

Scott Ellsworth

Historian, Journalist, and Author of The Secret Game

Ben Alamar

Product Analytics @Ad Platforms, Apple; Former Head of Business Analytics, StubHub; Former Director of Sports Analytics, ESPN

David Von Drehle

Columnist for The Washington Post

The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man

Rinker Buck

Award-Winning Author; Known for "Flight of Passage"

Lisa Jakub

Writer, Speaker & Former Actress; Known for "Mrs. Doubtfire"

Audrey Watters

Journalist Specialized in Education Technology News and Analysis

Joel Warner

Author & Journalist

Juliet Macur

NY Times Sports of the Times Columnist & Best-selling Author

Wayne Gladstone

Writer, Humorist & Novelist; Best Know for "Notes from the Internet Apocalypse"

Mwende "FreeQuency" Katwiwa

Speaker & Performer

Jingfang Hao

Founder of WePlan; Science Fiction Writer

William J. Federer

Nationally Known Speaker, Bestselling Author & President of Amerisearch, Inc.

Lindy West

Feminism & Popular Culture Contributing Opinion Writer for the New York Times

Alex Salkever

Artificial Intelligence & Advanced Technology Futurist; Author of "The Driver in the Driverless Car: How Our Technology Choices Will Create the Future"

How Our Technology Choices Can Change The Future

Bonnie Rochman

Award-Winning Journalist; Best-Selling Author of "The Gene Machine: How Genetic Technologies Are Changing the Way We Have Kids - And the Kids We Have"

Tim Dorsey

Author Best Known for "Florida Roadkill"

Tony Silvia

Author, Media Consultant & Professor Emeritus of Journalism and Digital Communication at the University of South Florida

Laura Coates

CNN Legal Analyst, Host, Commentator and Best Selling Author

Leigh Bardugo

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the "Grisha Trilogy"

Jackie MacMullan

Senior Writer and Commentator

Tom Caron

Television broadcaster for NESN, hosts Red Sox pre- and post-game shows; frequently appears on sports radio talk show

Amanda Knox

Writer & Activist Wrongfully Convicted of Murder in Perugia, Italy; Inspiration Behind the Netflix Documentary "Amanda Knox" & Host of "The Scarlet Letter Reports"

Laura Esquivel

Mexican Novelist, Essayist & Screenwriter; Known for Bestselling Novel "Como Agua Para Chocolate"